Postcodelottery Exposed — Is Your Post Code Lucky?

Postcodelottery Review

I know what you’re thinking when hearing about a lottery that has “postcode” in its name. What are these folks on about? It’s exactly what it says! PostCodeLottery runs lotteries that are based on your post code. It’s sold as a monthly subscription though you can purchase more than one. It’s run by “People’s Postcode Lottery” who manages society lotteries on behalf of charitable bodies. They support good causes (their words, not mine) all over Britain. Anyway, let’s all take a step back and see what exactly PostCodeLottery is about.

How Can PostCodeLottery Win Me Millions?

PostCodeLottery is a subscription service. Each subscription buys one ticket for a month at a cost of £10 (plus a 0.50p service fee). This ticket is based on your post code. You can buy as many monthly subscriptions as you’d like, which means you might have three tickets on your post code. Why do this? Their millionaire prizes (six slated for 2013) are not in fact, one individual jackpot, but split amongst the people that live in an area based on the symbols (i.e. lowest prize is first three, second lowest is first four) in your post code. The person with the full winning post code gets the big prize. But, it is important to note that

“In accordance with the Gambling Act 2005, the maximum amount that can be won by a single ticket is 10% of the monthly UK ticket sales (up to and not exceeding £400,000)”,

states official Postcodelottery website. If you have three tickets, you could win three times in a specific shared draw.

Sounds confusing? You’re right. It took me quite a bit of time reading and re-reading information on their site to figure out how this actually works. The subscription also includes daily, weekly and monthly prizes based again – yes – on your post code.

Over the years, the lottery has added a couple of additional opportunities to win prizes.

The first one is periodic competitions that are announced on the website and the PostCodeLottery Facebook page. These are usually for non-cash prizes like shopping vouchers, tablets or tickets for a range of events. The website has a long list of people who have supposedly won the competitions so far, but because of the small awards, it’s difficult to verify whether such people exist and if they’ve won anything.

There’s also a PostCode lottery bingo. According to the official presentation, you deposit 10 pounds for a chance to win 30. There’s supposed to be a welcome bonus on the first deposit and some of the proceeds will once again be donated to charities.

Finally, there are some instant scratch cards. There are more than 150 games to choose among and an opportunity to get a prize of up to 5,000 pounds. Just like with other virtual scratch cards, however, it’s imperative to remain cautious. You don’t have a way of verifying the types and numbers of cards. In fact, there’s no telling if winning cards exist at all. Though PostCodeLottery supposedly gives you hundreds of options to win money (while supporting charities – something that they heavily put emphasis on), I’d still recommend retaining a healthy degree of skepticism about what they do.

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Stop the Presses

You have to have a British post code to play – so what am I doing here? Okay, I am reviewing this site to try and provide a review on what these folks offer and whether it’s for real or not. If you don’t have a British post code stop reading now. You’re only wasting your time! Signing up for UK residents is easy on the lottery’s official website. Debit and credit cards alongside PayPal are accepted for purchasing subscriptions.

The Site at Post Code Lottery

Getting around PostCodeLottery’s site is painful. The information is scattered all of the place with no one location that provides a summary of what they offer. Too many words are made up in bold, so reading is a chore. Okay, I finally noticed up in the top right hand corner a little (very) place to click How It Works. The site simply draws your attention to so many other things, it was hard to get the basics!

Customer Service at PostCodeLottery

PostCodeLottery has their telephone number all over their site. You can ring them or complete a form asking them to call you back at a specific time. I’m not comfortable about this as sometimes I like my answers in writing, at least there is someone real you can talk with to discuss your question. People can also sign up for regular emails for PostCodeLottery news, updates and results.

Complaints at PostCodeLottery

Most complaints about PostCodeLottery were about the fact that some lottery representatives call at inappropriate hours or inconvenient times [whocallsme.com]. There were also former players saying that they felt harassed by the lottery after refusing to continue to sign up for their service.

What Else Do People Have to Say about It?

Looking for information online, it’s easy to see there are people who have actually won some money from the PostCodeLottery. Most of the individuals doing the reporting, however, mention relatively small sums.

One thing to keep in mind, however, is that some of the individuals that tried PostCodeLottery and won some money experienced serious problems when it comes to getting a payment. According to the website’s official regulations, all winnings are transferred directly to the player’s bank account. Still, many people have experienced problems with delays or not receiving their money at all.

So, the negatives seem to far outweigh the positive player testimonials about the lottery. Submitting your post code and winning money while also helping numerous charities may sound like a spectacular idea. Many people that have tried PostCodeLottery, however, believe that they would have been way better off by playing a national lottery and contributing to charities at their own discretion.

So Where Does the Profit Go?

One of the selling points of PostCodeLottery is that they direct a significant amount of the money collected from customers towards supporting charities. Looking at the charities list, it seems most are Scottish-based. I wonder what people in Wales thinks of this? I was unable to determine for a fact whether some of the complaints regarding the manner in which the financial support was distributed were justified or just the result of disgruntled people (like from Wales).

Some of the charities included in the official list are the Postcode Community Trust (a foundation supposed to aid marginalized communities), the Postcode Local Trust (providing project-specific funding), the Postcode African Trust (that supports charities like AfriKids and TheirWorld) and the Postcode Animal Trust (supporting charities like Marine Conservation Society, PDSA, Riding for the Disabled Association and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland).

Over the years, PostCodeLottery has increased the number of charities that it works with and there’s also information about the amounts of funds that have been submitted to each individual charity cause. This type of information is easily verifiable – you’ll simply have to contact the individual charity organization. Though they’ll probably refrain from revealing numbers, it’s still easy to check whether PostCodeLottery has made any contribution at all. And some of these contributions are supposedly huge – according to the lottery’s website, it has donated 1,2 million pounds to PDSA!

The Bottom Line on PostCodeLotto

The bottom line is whether you think your post code is lucky. No, seriously, I guess it would be almost irresistible for most people to want to get in on this game. Results are widely broadcast and it would be very frustrating to hear your post code or street won and you didn’t have a ticket. I can already hear my neighbor rubbing it in. This might account for the popularity of this game.

Pros:

No Numbers to Pick

Lots of Prizes

Supports Charities

Many Different Games to Choose Among

Joining Is Easy

Numerous Payment Methods Are Supported

The Customer Support Team Is Responsive – Their Effectiveness Has Been Verified by Users

Cons:

MUST HAVE A UK RESIDENCE

There Are Complaints about Prizes Not Being Paid Out

There Are Complaints about Former Members Being Harassed by Lottery Reps

It’s Not an Official Lottery, but an Online Conglomerate of Games

This is not a lottery that is going to make you a millionaire but it will provide some fun and part of likes the idea that I don’t have try to figure out what my lucky numbers could be. It’s a cute little lottery that the average person can play and feel they are supporting charities. But, the bottom line is you must have a UK address to play! Also, you may want to check out the complaints about the lottery before giving it a try. The experiences of others are quite informative and it’s up to you to interpret the information.

144 reviews to Postcodelottery Exposed — Is Your Post Code Lucky?

Maurice

3

2016-12-04 at 11:41 am

One thing that seems odd, I looked at the £25,000 winners early Saturday morning (3rd December) the cheque being presented to the winner for that day was already on video and available to watch at 7am and it was sunny on the video, yet it was still dark outside!

Mrs Bowman

2

2016-11-27 at 11:10 am

Well, I think you must have to have a lot of entries with the same post code to win otherwise your chances are non existent.There are only 4 entries with my postcode so I am probably going to cancel, I having been playing for 3 years and at £120 a year it is not worth it, my advice would be to check how many entries with your postcode are playing.

Daniel

4

2016-11-24 at 11:28 pm

Partners mom has been invited to a ceremony for the 3 million prize pot as her postcode was chosen B70 7 she only started playing 2 months ago, she’s been told the minimum she can win is 5000 and the ceremony will be held on the 3rd December. Will let people know how the ceremony went in terms of what the prizes where’s amongst the winners.

kenneth emlay

1

2016-11-15 at 11:16 am

What if my post code was picked out before I started the postcode lottery, what is the chance of being picked again?

Yvonne johns

1

2016-11-13 at 1:24 pm

I’ve been playing postcode lottery for 2 years now and I’ve noticed people who have been playing for less time have won. Also I’ve noticed no people in the west midlands have won, but other areas have 2-3 winners from posher areas. What about the west midlands area. I’m beginning to think it’s all a con to us people in built up and urban areas. Is it a con?

Ian maund

2016-12-07 at 1:15 am

And West Brom won a big one.

Tspa

2016-11-17 at 7:50 pm

There is a winner from Solihull today. So stop whining!

Denise

1

2016-11-12 at 5:06 am

Not sure if its a scam, won 10 three times, but this could be just to keep you hanging in there.

Dave

1

2016-10-30 at 5:44 pm

I was a member before and never won a penny, but going to rejoin and put it to the test will soon see.

Sayeda

1

2016-10-25 at 10:22 pm

I think and see all the time that they never show that Asian people wins the postcode lottery. They always give lottery to English people. Are they are racist or what. Some Asian is playing postcode lottery as well. When they see the name of Asian person they give lottery to someone else. I am Asian and I play for a long time, I never win, I’m thinking about leaving them .

Gwyneth Halliwell

2016-10-25 at 6:47 pm

Not too impressed with some of the comments regarding not paying out? I have a DD, but will be monitoring you think it’s legitimate because of the adverts etc. I also noticed lots in Scotland, Wales and South East England. Think I will go back to the lotto.

P Thorpe

2

2016-10-25 at 8:48 am

I’ve been doing this for a few months now, not won a thing! However, when I check the postcodes directly above and below mine, they have won several times. In fact the postcode above me has won 3 weeks in a row. Also, they never answered emails I have sent, and it all just seems a bit of a con compared to National Lottery. Scam? Possibly, I’m sticking with it for now, but monitoring those local postcodes!

Gertrude

1

2016-10-20 at 2:23 pm

For the first few months of joining I won a few tenners, since that nothing. The big winners seem to always be in the same areas, like Wales, Scotland and anywhere north of the border. I will be contacting my bank to cancel my direct debit.

Ann Davies

1

2016-10-20 at 10:57 am

I played postcode lottery for years never won, they pick the areas they want to win loads of crap, we pay for their TV Advertisements and there TV Stars, I tried to cancel, loads of excess being made by them, wrong email address and so on.

Stuart Fraser

3

2016-10-18 at 1:04 am

Why don’t they run a system of a lottery for the Scots, one for the English, Welsh and the Irish, it would give players a better chance than this system they run now. Now I know they are only adverts for Postcode lottery, but all the so called winners of decent amounts of cash all seem to live in big houses, I have yet to see a winner in a tenement or a high rise flat, money seems to go to money!

Mary Day

2

2016-10-16 at 3:41 pm

I find it hard to believe it’s a scam, but I have noticed most winners are from the south of England.

carol o’connell

1

2016-10-02 at 5:09 pm

Been doing postcode lottery for over 3 years with 2 tickets so well and truly out of pocket, strange how everybody wins in first month of joining.

Jeremy

1

2016-09-24 at 3:06 pm

WHAT A BUNCH OF SCAMMERS

WONT LET ME CANCEL

NEVER WON A THING!

60-75% scots winners of big prizes

AVOID AT ALL COSTS

May

3

2016-09-23 at 9:06 pm

I now been playing Postcode lottery for the last 8-9 years I had won £10 a years or some year I win nothing I don’t understand why I never win any share as all why people up north keep winning every day? Why can’t it be me?

Vic Jeffrey

5

2016-09-16 at 3:50 pm

Purchased Three Tickets Last May, Won Twice, Money Paid Into My Bank Account Immediately People In The South Of England Do Win, Those Who Find Problems Checking Results Etc., Should Persevere All The Information You Require Is There – Just Look.

Stuart Fraser

3

2016-09-15 at 11:17 pm

If for instance out of say fifteen players all with the same postcode and all contributing to the postcode lottery have they got a better chance of winning than only one playing under a postcode. And I presume the numbers are run through a computer so the chances of it stopping at one of the fifteen with the same code are greater than the chances of it stopping at one postcode.

stephen mcmullon

1

2016-09-15 at 4:31 pm

I played postcodelottery for 3yrs and my biggest win was £10,when i contacted postcode to ask why most big winners in wales i was told everyone has a fare chance. So i asked how many big winners in my region which they couldnt answer as most were £5 or £10 winners so to me it was just a scam and i cancelled my dd. But if you live in wales i say do it you have more chance than rest if uk to win big money

N.Kear

2

2016-09-12 at 10:31 pm

I’ve being doing this lottery for over 6 months now. The one thing I’ve noticed is that alot of the winning postcodes for the bigger prizes are up north. I’ve not won anything since I started seriously considering cancelling my derict debit as it’s cost me over £120 so far, and I know someone will say that it’s your choice and I agree with that.

Julie

5

2016-08-31 at 4:21 pm

I’ve just found out I’ve won a share of the £3 million this week. Don’t know how much yet, but proves that someone wins!

May

1

2016-08-23 at 1:42 am

Been playing it for nearly ten years, won £10 a year, I feel like I shouldn’t play it at all, as I know my luck never win anything in my life.Compares with someone else who just play for a couple months and they’ve won postcode million, I thought to myself why so bothered.

Theresa

1

2016-08-21 at 6:29 pm

On the TV they make it look like every postcode is winning. I’ve played for 5 years and won £30 but work that out I pay £120 a year so basically I’ve won nothing! I don’t play to win £10!

Rebecca

1

2016-08-19 at 12:43 pm

I’ve been playing postcode lotto for over a year now and have noticed that Coventry city cv12 cv5 so and so forth keeps winning. I decided just to have a sneaky peek on the postcode map and my God nearly everyone on every road signed up to postcode lotto have won. When are they going to start spreading the areas and cities, so other people get a change. If I see Coventry comes out once more I’m cancelling.

Zeph Greene

1

2016-08-17 at 10:03 am

I have been playing with 3 tickets since 2013 and have only won a total of £60.00. So, no, I will be cancelling my direct debit.

Thomas Pattison

1

2016-08-05 at 10:58 am

BEWARE: They don’t tell you when they’ve cancelled your membership!!! I joined PPCL in February 2015. When our postcode area recently won the monthly million I called to question why I hadn’t received a letter asking me to attend the event, as I was in the postcode area. I was informed that I had missed 3 card payments and they had subsequently cancelled my membership. I was initially told that they e-mailed me on each missed payment occasion and on cancellation – this was later retracted by PPCL who confirmed they had in fact made no attempt to correspond with me at all! This was only acknowledged when I asked them to prove it, as I knew they hadn’t sent me any e-mails except for the initial sign-up e-mail. It appears the reasons for the missed payments was likely due to a change in my credit card number. After complaining, the outcome is that PPCL have no obligation to inform any of their members of missed payment or if they cancel your membership – what other company do you deal with that would consider this acceptable? I can’t name one who I deal with! Obligations aside what a poor level of customer service, in fact a non-existent level of customer service. Not quite the friendly people orientated lottery they claim to be. This lack of customer service has, for me, meant that I have missed out on at least £1,100 prize money if not more. T Pattison

Noel Sherlock

2

2016-08-01 at 5:08 pm

I feel that certain areas like Wales and the Midlands do better with the bigger prizes. Have not seen any sign of the bigger prizes being won in the South & Eastern regions. I wonder when the last big one was won down south. I have won twice but only £10. Keep hoping one of the big ones come to this area one of these months or years.

Carol Weaver

2

2016-07-28 at 11:35 am

PS: I also noticed that Cumbria never seemed to come up very often apart from the odd tenner, but as soon as I emailed them asking about the parameters for random selection (no reply) the winning CA postcodes have increased, and I’m hanging on in there. Nothing big yet in the county, but I’m hoping that mine comes up for the millions (which is very misleading I agree) because, being rural, there can’t be many tickets in this postcode, if any others. It is good value for a tenner a month, but there are things that need to be changed, not least that a sizeable proportion of the charities are in Scotland.

Carol Weaver

2

2016-07-28 at 11:27 am

My gripe is about the length of time it can take to find out what you have won in the Postcode Millions. My son is a winner in his sector, was notified by post on the 20th July, but has to wait until an ‘event’ on the 30th to find out how much, just for the benefit of the publicists. Is this even legal? it’s his money. I left a comment on Facebook, but as with a couple of emails I have sent, you never get a reply to valid queries. People have put their money on, won fair and square, and are entitled to know immediately. What if you go along and other people are getting big cheques and yours is £500? Very disappointing after a 10-day wait, which isn’t exciting as they suggest. He doesn’t want to go, but his girlfriend is looking forward to the party. Hey-ho! He will refuse publicity anyway if his prize is worthwhile. I may contact the Gambling Commission about the holding back of the prize, whatever it is.

Aftab

1

2016-07-09 at 4:50 pm

I think it’s a something dodgy. I joined after seeing ad on Tv. I checked in their website my postcode was never winner. So I played a ticket in first month and won only £10. But they paid the £10 on the day when they took direct debit of another £10 for next month subscription. So at the end I got nothing. I have already paid for 6 months and nothing won just £10 in first month. I think it was their policy to influence player in first subscription. So you will be winner of only £10 highly likely in first month. Another funny thing is if you see their Ad on TV the big amount £1000, £25000 winners are mostly some retireds, olds grannies, grandpas. Something strange. I smell a bunch of cunts are running this lottery. Better avoid if you never won.

Dan

1

2016-07-04 at 7:41 pm

Been playing nearly a year. Have not won any single penny yet and thinking of quitting. Robbing bastards. All winners are always from the south and always old people.

nigel osborneo

1

2016-06-19 at 9:56 am

I don’t agree with the 438 millionaire winners from the south east. I live in the south east and have never seen one let alone 438 millionaire winners? Where did that figure come from?

Kim staddon

1

2016-06-06 at 9:18 pm

Not happy my pot code won 160 on 4th April and 60pound February didn’t receive any of it so will be cancelling it not happy

Mary

5

2016-05-30 at 8:35 am

The age old adage is you have to be in it to win it: there is a search engine to see post code areas and prizes, indeed a post code in the next street to me won £30! For the national lottery you’ve more chance of being struck by lightening twice than winning. Lotto hot picks increases your chance of a prize. I wouldn’t say £120 for the year was a waste with no win; one would probably fritter that away on life’s non-essentials in a year anyway!

D.Franklin

2

2016-05-19 at 12:33 pm

I think it is wrong for the Postcode Lottery to impose the various methods of payment. It is up to the individual to choose whether or not to play every week, where is the freedom of choice in this?

Ian Corley

1

2016-05-15 at 10:59 am

I have subscribed to the postcode lottery for the past 3 years, for the first 16 months I had one ticket I won £10 I increased it to two tickets now after 3 years I have won £20 total £30 but when you count up the cost it’s just not worth itEspecially when you keep seeing their advertisement on TV of people winning £25000 + I plan to cancel my subscription in 6 months and write it off as a big SCAM

PAM

5

2016-05-12 at 6:46 am

I had a go on the Postcode Lottery and only won £10 in the Saturday draw, but that seems to be the way they keep you playing because 9 months down the line I won nothing and neither did anyone in my area or in my street or in my part of the country. If you work out how much money you have wasted you could use it to pay your TV license off or buy something you need.

Margaret McWilliams

2016-05-10 at 10:31 am

I emailed them about not hearing people win in Wales, guess what, I won £10 the week after, coincidence or what?

Diane Smith

3

2016-05-10 at 1:21 am

A MASSIVE THANKSI would like to commend you on a fantastic website, it’s the best iv’e used by far, for the layout, making it easy to view and use, with great information, you are a fabulous writer.

Regarding the post code lottery, I agree with all your comments and advisories and too have cancelled my direct debit, due to funding and would be more likely to play if I had the option to play per game, rather than monthly. My biggest sway to wanting to play is that a postcode is chosen and cannot be faked, with no rollovers, a win each draw, a bonus compared to any computerized, magnetized numbers and no time issues.

Could go on, but writings not my forte unfortunately. Thank you again, I will always use this site now.

Oh, just wanted to mention, I didn’t know whether the rating was for your site or PPL so guessed the latter.

Ian Corley

2

2016-05-01 at 3:58 pm

Postcode lottery, I have subscribed to this for about 3 years after just over a year and a half, with one ticket I won £10 I increased my subscription to £20 pa I have won a further £20I see postcode lottery advertisements on TV with subscribers, winning over £14000. With just one ticket after a few months. I am giving it one more year, then I plan to cancel seems it’s a con with little or no chance of winning the big money.

Lynette Bowman

3

2016-05-01 at 12:31 pm

It seems to be that if there is only a couple of you in the street that play you will never win big, and I am considering cancelling as £120 a year a lot of money when it seems the same postcodes win time and time again.

Merv

1

2016-04-25 at 9:43 pm

I would like to know how it is drawn I guess it is software, I would love to see the software they are using, I would like to see the code that runs the “Lottery”.Thank you for this site.

Alex Wilkie

2016-04-22 at 9:40 am

Why can’t we see live results in the same way we see the national lottery..Who picks the postcodes…Any big winner I’ve seen have come from property owned housing estates, etc…The location has to suit the tv company’s for filming purposes…The system is just fair…I live in a high rise flat and I know for a fact they would never come to my door..The most I’ve won is a tenner.

Alan

1

2016-08-26 at 12:40 pm

So true. It might just be some dodgy dave making up postcodes for his maties to win. Champagne parties all around. WHAT A FIX.

kerry

1

2016-04-18 at 1:55 pm

I played postcode lottery for over a year and decided to cancel as it seemed a waste of money. When I cancelled I won £10 but thought it was strange to win on my last draw. I spoke to my friends that played they also cancelled and both won £10 each on there last draw. I cannot see this just being a coincidence and must be fixed.I now play the free postcode lottery and won.

Peter Griffiths

2016-04-17 at 1:48 pm

Hi, I like the idea that some money will go to charity. Come to the point I want to win with good odds, so I am on this page to find out just how fair is a postcode lottery when “from memory” there are about 10 properties to a postcode, but in reality there is a hundred. There is no definitive answer how many in your postcode. Saying that a long time ago I was in contact with Richard Branson’s lawyer in connection with unfair scratch cards costing £1 and an unannounced % being a £1 pound win meaning you have won another que at the supermarket and buying another too embarrassed to get your win, surely you are supposed to get your stake money back with your £1 win and only then you have won the pound promised. I landed Richard Branson’s private mobile number but could not see it through due to life’s demands.

Lesley Johnston

2016-04-16 at 9:19 am

I only ever won £10 at a time and that would be when I had contacted them when I wanted to reduce my subscription, change my bank account details and when I finally cancelled. I think it’s a con, I’ll stick to the national lottery and health lottery.

Valerie Nolan

2016-04-04 at 10:21 am

I have never played the post code lottery, but received a letter saying I had won £320,000 of course I knew it was a scam. I rang the official Postcode Lottery office and warned them of the scam. Since then I have received post from them inviting me to join. I was going to until I read your reviews. Thank you for sharing all the information. I think my cash is better off in my purse. Cheers thanks for the warnings.

David Daglish

2016-04-01 at 5:02 pm

What are the odds of Scottish Post Codes being picked? I have been playing for about 18 months and have never seen am ML postcode in all that time. How about a postcode Lottery just for Scottish subscribers.

Norbury

5

2016-03-17 at 6:43 pm

All the winners in the TV advert are in fact actors.. Now the postcode lottery will tell you otherwise, but I have it on good authority that that’s definitely the case.. People do win, but not the amounts described… Do believe everything you’re told..

R.harris

2016-03-16 at 6:59 pm

What I want to know is: if only 27% is going to good causes, who gets the other 73%?

It can’t cost that much to run it. Are we all being duped?

JE

1

2016-03-17 at 12:50 pm

Where do you think the winnings come from?

Sara C

1

2016-03-14 at 6:39 pm

You will rue the day you opened an account on the day that you try to close it and are left wondering if you too are going to get hounded or have battles over them renewing Direct Debits.Simple solution avoid!

Ngozi

2016-03-12 at 9:47 pm

I played post code lottery for six months between 2012 and 2013 by direct debit. As soon as I signed up, £20 was taken from my account. Subsequently, £10.50 was being taken. I called them up to ask questions and was told the £20 taken was normal standard as soon as someone signs up. The lady that spoke to me then said if I do direct debit, the extra £0.50 being taken will not be taken. When I reminded her I set up a direct debit, she then said the £10.50 is the normal price for montly play. I had to stop the direct debit after six months. For another two months, it was hell on earth as my handline was being called up to five times a day. I simply ignored them. When they got tired, they stopped. A year later, I received another phone call on my mobile asking me to re-subscribe to the PCR. I refused.

Linda fisher

2016-03-09 at 4:25 pm

I get the postcode lottery but I’ve yet to hear or see anyone from Scotland win it does anyone actually win it up here

John

2016-03-08 at 8:27 pm

I’ve won 25k after 4 months play… Postcode lottery is brilliant!

Smithy

2016-02-29 at 9:13 pm

Has anyone noticed since the National Lottery introduced their latest batch of numbers to their draws how often those numbers have come up? As well as the ridiculous scenario with these rollovers, just check all of the draws since they were introduced – the ratio of numbers in the 50s that are being drawn (often 3 at a time) is very suspect. Lotto knows that most people stick to their chosen numbers, which don’t contain the new batch of numbers – so what do you do? You add another line incorporating the new numbers….the result…you put more money in kerching!Don’t believe it? Check out the draw numbers for yourself over the past few months….it really is uncanny..hmmmm……

adile rehman

2016-02-22 at 3:55 pm

I can’t understand why the postcode matches are always out of London never drawn in east London. Been playing for a while now!

Pauline

2016-02-04 at 5:09 pm

smiffy, and there’s the ‘hook’?I’m neither for or against the PCL but, thinkin out loud, what if you cancel, then see the TV cameras etc’ in YOUR St, Ave, Terrace, Road, etc, & You GET NOTHING? HOW’D you think you’d feel then???

Verity

2

2016-01-20 at 11:59 am

Played the PCL for 10yr yes ten year and won nothing. Always seems to be the south and Newcastle area. Telephoned to cancel and what a nightmare that was. I ended up cancelling the DD on Internet banking and surprise surprise I won £40

Kenneth Evans

2016-01-17 at 7:06 pm

What I would like to know is how they pick the post codes that win. The lottery uses a machine that’s simple enough, but I cannot find any mention of it in the rules.

Julie Ann Wilkinson

1

2016-01-04 at 3:31 pm

Postcode Scratch do not pay out I won 700, had to supply them with loads of proof and still no money, they kept saying 48 hours! well try nine days and still nothing and I was not playing with any bonus just my own deposit the are a scam simple as and I am taking the matter further

Maggie

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2016-01-03 at 11:11 am

I am finding that on checking results that most of the big winners are down in South Wales, or South of England and none up here in North West and North Wales, I’ve done the postcode lottery for nearly 6 months now, won £10 twice. I’ll keep an eye out for big North Wales and North West winners in the next month or two – if there are none and all winners are down South, I will cancell my dd and stop playing.

gignet

2015-12-20 at 5:37 pm

I cancelled my subscription with post code lottery because it was always the same area post codes that seemed to win every week. If you check winning postcodes you will see they are always in the same areas, maybe if your lucky u might win £10 when you have cancelled your subscription!? makes me laugh.

Anthony

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2015-12-18 at 4:07 pm

Yeah so all the prizes are huge when they advertise on the tv we are in!! 2 years later we win! Shaking with excitement…..£10 ??wtf?To top it off we are with think money because basically we are SKINTand they stick it into our account which then charged us a handling fee of £15 YAY well done PCL big winners my arse.

Wayne

2015-12-16 at 8:29 pm

I have never seen anyone from Birmingham win big money this year. It is always up North win I have only seen £10 won in Birmingham.

margaret phillips

2015-11-24 at 6:26 pm

Its about time the money came to the south of England. My post code would be nice DA7 5PZ.

Lorraine

2015-10-07 at 6:49 am

I am trying to find the ratio of people who win large amounts in Manchester apposed to South of UK.

malcolm

2015-08-28 at 1:10 pm

Received a letter from postcode lottery saying I had won, spoke to postcode team and yes I have won courier will call at my house on sunday…….so it does happen

Misty

3

2016-06-03 at 12:06 am

Did you receive your prize?

Mark Gordon

2015-08-18 at 9:32 pm

I emailed the postcode lottery asking 3 simple questions and they refused to answer. DO NOT BE DRAWN INTO THE ADVERT. ALL ARE ACTORS AND IT’S ADVERTISED DAILY AS NOBODY WANTS IT. A GOOD COMPANY DOES NOT NEED TO ADVERTISE.

OH AND THE ACTORS ARE NOT EVEN CONVINCING. ..

Smithers-Jones

2015-08-14 at 4:14 pm

The postcode lottery is a sham. Why the government allow any gambling business to use postcodes is beyond me. They should not be able to use postcodes as it pressurises all individuals (including those who are gullible or need assistance) to play. I have no problem with lotteries but to use my postcode without my agreement is atrocious. Here’s your ‘numbers’ and it’s up to you if you play. THE GOVERNMENT ARE WEAK IF THEY DO NOT BAN IT!

kule

2015-06-05 at 1:27 pm

I want to use this opportunity to thank Dr poula for helping me to win the lottery.I have been playing lottery for the past 6 years now and the only big money I have ever won was 7000$ ever since then I have not been able to win again and I was so upset and I need help to win the lottery so I decided to go to a friend of mine call lucas, and she introduce me to Dr poula, there I saw so many good talk about this man called Dr poula of how he have cast spell for people to win the lottery.I contact him also and tell him I want to win a lottery he cast a spell for me which I use and I play the lottery and won 90million GBP.I am so grateful to this man just incase you also need him to help you win, you can contact him through his email: [email protected] is my part of promise I made, that if I win I will tell the people in the word how I win my game. [email protected]

H Nichol

2015-04-29 at 4:25 pm

I believe this lottery to be a scam, You sign up and within a few months exactly you win a tenner. This is the dangled carrot. Then you will win nowt for years. and just when you’re so fed up and 3 years down the line. You will win a bigger prize £1000? And yes if you are Scottish, Geordie or Welsh, you will defo win more than the rest of Britain. And most of the good causes are Scottish based!!!!

Carlos

2015-04-09 at 9:46 am

The Lack of winners replying on here shows there are obviously a lot fewer winners than losers.

Sparky

2015-03-18 at 4:39 pm

I have been playing this for over 5 years and have only won my place money back a couple of times, when I first started playing I was told that it was a bit weighted as most of the players are from up north but the more people from down south that played the higher the odds, nothing seems to have changed, it’s still mainly won up north.

Fleur

2015-02-28 at 1:28 pm

I’m laughing at your reference to Wales being annoyed. Do you check the results? It’s no secret Wales are by far the biggest winners of the postcode lottery. And just to confirm, look at this week. Wales are sharing the postcode millions, they have a winner / s of the 25 grand , same as they had last week as well. Port Talbot has also won the millions monthly twice, they are very lucky in the daily 1000 draw. So Wales eing ‘annoyed’ would be a joke.

Nana Ekua Bolton

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2016-08-02 at 10:45 am

I have been playing post code well over two years now, I play with two tickets. I don’t mind helping charity but if we are to win at the same time whiles helping charity, why do I have the feeling it’s only Scotland and the northern part of London who are the only winners? I live in N1 5le and I have never won a penny. So many times I want to cancel my direct debit but I remind myself it’s for charity, but week after week it becomes so depressing when I check my emails and it’s always almost the same addresses that are winning not even close to home. So please someone explain to me how it’s played out before I cancel my tickets.

Karron Robinson Onorati

2015-02-23 at 9:35 pm

I am abroad and I have been trying to cancel my postcode lottery subscription since the begining of Feburary to no avail. I am working abroad and they they taking money even though i clearly told them I want to cancel. They are insisting I call a free phone which is not free especially that i am calling from abroad. HELP.

Bilbo

2015-02-13 at 9:08 pm

I live in central London and I can’t ever believe a postcode starting SW1W will ever be picked, also can’t stand Fiona Phillips. I think it all RUBBISH.

David Hellard

2015-02-08 at 11:53 am

I have been playing for a year but I am considering quitting, despite signing up for e mail alerts on more than 1 occasion I never seem to get 1, the draws aren’t done live anywhere so basically I am just donating to a charity, at least with the national lottery I can have a bit of excitement on a draw night. The reason I changed to the ppl in the first place was the needless rise in price on the lotto and judging by the amount of rollovers it now has I think the price rise has made it less attractive for many people, the ppl however is a poor substitute and isn’t well communicated as to how and when draws take place, it does feel like a bit of a scam actually, puts me in mind of the old readers digest draws where you are sure the published winners are real people but you are unlikely to ever meet one of them

russ farmer

2014-12-13 at 8:35 pm

There is no MY ACCOUNT that i can find so i dont know where Ive paid up too and they have taken out two £10 lots in a week without prior warning it is not run correctly.

Dave

2015-01-15 at 6:59 pm

I have also been charged twice this month, I’ve tried to sort it out by email, they told me they had charged me once only, I supplied screenshots of my PayPal and bank account proving they had charged me twice. They now say I must have clicked the confirm button twice when I set it up, and blamed it on me. I replied how can this be when you have already charged me correctly for the previous 3 months. Foaming at the mouth I decided to phone them, they took my details and said they would call me back in 5 minutes, 30 minutes later I’m writing this, these need investigated by trading standards.

steph

2014-12-10 at 2:52 pm

Hello I’ve been doing the postcode lottery for several months now and since September I have noticed I have been being charged £20 instead of £10 a month. When I asked why this was I was told I had opted in for 2 tickets instead of 1 which I never did myself I’ve never even logged in on the site before. I am now membership as don’t trust them and never win anything either.

Tracey

2014-12-08 at 7:48 pm

I was lead to believe that you pay by monthly direct debit for the following month. My post code came up recently. Yippee. I check to make sure my payment came out the month before. Yes it had so I phoned them as they hadnt contacted me. They said that my payment did cover the first draw of that month even tho you pay one month in advance??? Does anyone know about this. I was off sick the previous month n the dd wasn’t coverd by my bank. I don’t think this should matter as I had paid in front for the month we won ?? Can’t find anything different in the rules.

Donna

2014-12-04 at 8:13 pm

Complete con! We won the postcode lottery but they won’t pay! In t and c it’s states you pay in advance for 5 draws a month. They say on the phone one min it’s the first sat after the first thurs of the month for 5 weeks and then one min they say it’s 5 weekly 1 draw every Saturday, so it’s not actually 5 draws in one month but 5 weeks splattered about and that’s why they aren’t paying as we didn’t pay September for November ( supposed to be sept for oct and oct for nov?) out draw was for November for a whopping £50000, they said they don’t need to state any of this in their t and c! The have broke the gambling act law and will be seeing our solicitor about this!

Dennis Cross

2014-11-23 at 2:18 pm

I Have cancelled my standing order the £30 pounds I spend will go to a bill

Jamil Ahmed

2014-11-12 at 8:07 pm

I’m playing with three tickets last 8 months but I’m hopeful one day I will win and big prize I m waiting my day in Nottingham

don baker

2014-11-11 at 2:37 pm

September this year cancelled all direct debts through paypal.they are still taking money out of my account. suggestions ??????

Dave J

2014-10-01 at 8:29 pm

PPL want your money in any advance, but to pay any win under 10000 pounds can take up to 28 days. Imagine having all the money people have won in your bank for 28 days. I wonder if it would make much interest. PPL need to address this issue, we all like a little flutter, but don’t like being mugged off !

john wernham

2014-09-28 at 11:44 am

I been doin postcode lottery for 8 months not won a lenny.perhaps Thats cause i live in wiltshire.if i lives in scotland or wales purhaps i would win. Going to do it for 3 more months then bin it.its a fiddle

verdun lowe

2014-09-20 at 10:35 am

I have tried many times to cancel my De3bit payment(which was set up without instructions from me)I have had to resort to writing to Head OfficeI just postcode lottery to cancel my Debit paymentwhat do I need to do to make the lottery understand

Mr. Rutter

2014-08-22 at 10:15 am

I cancelled my account a while back because most big prizes were going up NORTH. I have recently returned to it but find it is still the same with most of the big prizes STILL going there so I shall be cancelling my account.

MR T WALMSLEY

2014-08-14 at 4:52 pm

Been looking for the last 4 months at post code lottrey results if it is randum why is there never winners in the soth west seem somthing dogey going on.

pedro

2014-07-26 at 7:11 am

I have just cancelled my 3 tickets which I had for a year and low and behold I won this month.How strange ???

Bruce Bennett

2014-07-11 at 10:44 am

I tried to log in today but it would not allow me, I thought it ws my memory for password failing so I invoked a CHAT, after a bit of to and fro(ing) I asked why I couldn’t log in, the person told me that system was down and would be for some time, I asked if this was the end of the lottery and was told NO… (We shall see!)

andrea

2014-07-07 at 3:24 pm

Been doing postcode lottery for 2 years and just won Dream holiday for June and as I play with 2 tickets the prize was doubled. Never expected it to be me.

menai griffiths

2014-06-17 at 6:19 pm

I have been playing post code lottery for a year and havent won.

natalie

2014-06-16 at 6:45 pm

Just cancelled my subscription. Something does not feel right with this company. Just tried to log in on the site, but where do you log-in now?? There is nothing to click, had to search in browser for log-in page. No “my account” page either, telling you about your bouns points, just goes straight to card details for purchashing tickets. VERY STRANGE, I have cancelled through my Paypal, so if anything is took out of my bank account, I will no they are dodgy.

harold kennedy

2014-06-14 at 4:38 pm

i would like to know lookingin the west midlands no winners hardly .mostly wales scotlan .hane you forgot the midlands.a waste of time i think

david

2014-06-08 at 8:02 pm

I’ve been playing the postcode lottery for 2 years and have never won a penny. Before I cancel I would like to know why the draws are never televised? Also the people who play the game know next to nothing about how it works e.g. how is each postcode drawn etc

rani

2014-05-26 at 9:07 am

I have played postcode lottery for nearly 1 year and haven’t won anything.

Anna taricska

2014-05-02 at 1:35 am

I was thinking to sign up, but my question is how would you ever know how many people in your post code have signed up? I don’t have a good paid job so £10 a month to me is a lot of money, and when you think £120 a year that’s a considerable amount of money I’m only 20 years old and just rented my first house with my boyfriend would you say the £10 a month is worth trying?

malcolm farrimond

2014-04-29 at 8:49 pm

Just received letter from “people’s postcode lottery”- address 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SY, saying “in the draw of Peoples Postcode Lottery 2014 Award International held in London, my postcode won the lottery award in the 3rd category winning a total of 825,000 pounds!! “They ask me to call Anthony Stan the Foreign Service manager of UK Security Solution on 0207-570-0342 and once the processing fee is paid they will release the cheque. There is something not quite right with this don’t you think? Any comments.

Ian corley

2014-04-27 at 5:00 pm

You hear of people being in the Postcode Lottery for a month and they win a prize, a large amount of cash I have been a subscriber of the postcode Lottery for over a year and I am waiting to win a prize. I have only one ticket so maybe this is the reason I havent won anything. I will give it a few more months then cancel the direct debit. Then I think my postcode will win .

Dave Clark

2014-03-31 at 8:06 pm

I started doing the Postcode lottery, after a few months decided to stop. I phoned them to give them notice that I was stopping the direct debit.3 months later I noticed the money was still being taken from my account, when I contacted my bank , they informed me that 2 direct debits had been taken out. I phoned the Lottery number and was informed that “They always take out two direct debits In case one fail”. They stated that I should have cancelled both, even though I was never informed that they take 2 out. Definitely a con…………

nazi

2014-03-24 at 5:40 pm

I played the postcodelottery for six months and only won £5 pounds twice then I stopped playing. I went in the bank and got my direct debit cancelled, but after two months they joined me back again, I had to ring them.

Ali

2014-03-21 at 8:08 pm

I played for a year and a half, and then got nervous if it was a scam, as there are many articles referring to it being a scam on google. I phoned and told them I had cancelled my direct debit and told them not to make any further claims on my a/c as the d.d. had been cancelled. I also cancelled because there is no clear way of knowing how fair the drawing of the winning postcodes are. With the National Lottery everyone can see the draw and it is all transparent. Within the last hour a female called and wanted some feedback. I informed her about what I have written above, and she just went into denial and stated that I should not believe all that I read, but she ignored my comment about the lack of transparency in the draws. I informed her that I do not take all that I read on the internet as gospel, whereupon she lost patience and said I can believe what I like and slammed the phone down. Is that the behaviour of an employee from a legitimate organisation? She has now convinced me irrevocably never to resubscribe. I am also unhappy about the postcode lottery’s links with some online casino, bingo and slot machine operation based in Malta.

Peter W

2014-03-18 at 1:14 pm

They sent me an email invitation – which I ignored and have blocked as it appeared dubious, but I would like to where they got my name, email address and post code from… I don’t use the email address for anything except work and it is definitely not published on-line anywhere.

donna d

2014-03-16 at 2:02 pm

Really do you think this is a scam, they spend thousands on tv advertising but the question above about what postcodes are in the game, would be of great interest to know the answer. Good question ray. Await Nick’s reply on this one.

Anita

2014-03-18 at 9:32 pm

If you look at the map it’s London area have the most winners in smaller area. It may be the ones that run it.

dont understand

2014-03-12 at 11:43 am

I joined postcode lottery as I got something to say that it was going to be in my area (February) I think – however, I have just looked at results and the last postcode to win anything near me was in December? Just how does this work exactly?

Leanne

2014-02-27 at 11:27 am

Been playing this for a number of months and not won a bean. Ive worked out that this is predominantly a northern thing and as they have a high number of postcodes registered in turn more chance of winning. So if you are based int he north defiantly enter as you will be in with a good chance if your in and area that has not been targeted successfully by the post code lottery then stay away as you will just be wasting your money. I have also played the normal lottery along side this and have won more from this in the last 4 months then i have with the post code lottery. Will be cancelling

anna

2014-02-14 at 9:13 pm

I started playing in December, beginning of January I was told I had won 10.00, I have had to chase up the payment ever since, I was told it would be paid in on 17/1/14 nothing I have rung them I don’t know how many times, and emailed and they say the same they will need to investigate, I have confirmed my bank details etc but still not payment. Not sure where to go from here.

Peter

Nichola

2014-02-06 at 6:17 pm

I was called and was talked into joining the postcode lottery by a really bubbly young lady. I decided after a month that I would cancel as I thought about the amount of postcodes and the odds if winning. I called and had no problem canceling. I then decided that actually I must go back and rejoin as would be gutted if my postcode won (gotcha! Well got me!)I got a text a few days later to say I had won £10. Now, ordinarily I would have been quite pleased but I am left wondering if it is in fact luck or they rewarded me for coming back? Making me believe it isn’t picked at random at all!!!

Tony

2014-01-20 at 4:51 pm

Thanks for reviews I nearly signed up then I thought I would just check to see if there was any feedback. that was a close one I will keep my money to save me all the hassle you people are having, they need much more transparency if they want to survive.

Jean parsons

2014-01-14 at 9:40 am

I have tried to stop direct debit payments for 3 months now and pcl are still taking the money, even though the bank is charging them, this has got to stop how many people are you doing this to!!

Tony Tombling

2014-01-31 at 7:18 pm

Hi Jean, If you sign up to internet banking with your bank, you can then go into your account. and cancel the direct debit yourself. It is also useful,if they, or others set up a direct debit without your previous consent. Good Luck.

Andy

2014-01-07 at 12:59 pm

There are strict rules in the UK regarding the collection of monies by Direct Debit.

If a business takes money from your bank account by Direct Debit and you have not specifically authorised them to do so, report them in writing to your bank immediately.

If a business sets up a Direct Debit on your bank account they must advise you of the Direct Debit Guarantee either by reading the whole thing to you over the phone or by posting you a copy. If they don’t do this, report them in writing to your bank immediately.

As the bank account holder, you can cancel (or instruct your bank to cancel) any Direct Debit without agreement from the beneficiary (eg: Peoples Postcode Lottery). The beneficiary must then contact you to obtain any agreed payment by some other means.

If a company takes the wrong amount from your bank account by Direct Debit or they take the amount more than once, first of all try to resolve the issue with them. If they do not resolve the issue within 10 working days, report them in writing to your bank immediately.

A recurring PayPal payment is not the same as a Direct Debit. If you have any problems with a PayPal recurring payment, contact PayPal Customer Services immediately.

As noted by another poster, Postcode Lottery sounds more like a raffle than a lottery, so each ‘ticket’ does not have an equal chance of winning a prize.

Sandy Fishness

2013-12-20 at 10:46 am

They tricked me into giving them my bank details, claiming that it was just to set up an account and that they wouldn’t use them to set up a Direct Debit till I said it was OK. Then they took money out of my account.The company is legit but their methods are not. DO NOT TRUST THEM!

Phil Coyle

2013-12-11 at 2:20 pm

I have just cancelled my account with postcodelottery after 1 month, first of all I could not access my account, and after five new passwords I finally achieved access, I made a one off payment for a ticket to see how things went and then they helped themselves to Decembers ticket cost without my saying so. An email I sent to them has not been answered in the 3 days they said it would be (now on day 8) and on phoning them to cancel my account immediately I was subjected to a several minute monolgue as to why I should remain with them.I would class them as unprofessional and only interested in getting hold of your money, the phone conversation ended with saying my account would be canceled on 11 Jan 2014 WATCH THIS SPACE!

Ed

2013-12-05 at 12:53 pm

I spoke to an agent online today asking about the double direct debits, the way it works, as they have preset DD dates each month so, for example, I signed up at the end of November, my ticket would not be eligible till the 7th of December but a second debit (I presume) for January’s ticket, would be taken on the 10th of December.

Now, this is the confusing part: My brother signed up last night (the 4th of December) but he’s not eligible for the draw which takes place on the 7th of December, in fact his ticket will not be eligible for any draws until the 4th of January, yet he will have a second debit taken from his Pay Pal account on the 10th of December.

I asked the agent to confirm that, should a DD be cancelled, the last DD taken, on any given date, would be used for a “final draw”; e.g. if my brother cancelled his DD after the 10th of December, but before the 4th of January, he would be entered into all draws from the 4th of January through till March.

The agent could not confirm this, my suspicion is that they probably outsource their customer care and the people dealing with it have no reference point.

In regards to people asking about how the draw works, my instincts tell me this is more of a raffle than a lottery, so if your postcode is in the draw it has a chance of being picked, if no one in your street or postcode area purchases a ticket then it’s impossible for your postcode to be drawn. The more tickets purchased for a particular postcode increases the chances of that postcode being picked and, seeing as lottery’s are the easiest way to get money from those within a particular wealth bracket, it would not surprise me if there were more winners from particular areas, the proof of this is the fact that Romford, Enfield and Dartford have produced the most lottery winners after which it was northern cities which tookover.

Lisa

2013-11-18 at 5:23 pm

I wrote to them asking what were the odds of winning and they replied as follows:“Thanks for getting back to us.Unfortunatetly we can’t give out specific odds.”

That alone says it all. Obviously they have done their own calculations and if they refuse to give them out, there mustn’t look very good compared with other lotteries.

Gary

2013-11-17 at 6:14 pm

Made a map of recent winners from details from the postcode lottery homepage – I find it weird there isn’t a single winner in the Northern Ireland… approx 2m people.

Sian

2013-11-19 at 8:05 am

Thanks for completing the map Gary; was wondering what the “spread” of winners looked like!

Linda Saxon

2013-11-04 at 4:40 pm

I signed up to play Postcode Lottery on Saturday 2nd November. I only signed up once, yet received two email notifications with two different references stating that two amounts of £10.50 each had been taken from my account. I tried to rectify this with the Postcode Lottery and it is virtually impossible. I got caught in an email ‘loop’ whereby someone called Calum (Customer Journey) kept asking me for my full address and date of birth. After four requests for this, I decided to phone the 0800 number. I spoke to a Customer Journey Advisor (?) who told me that they couldn’t help because I had registered online and that I would have to send bank statements so that they could check this. I gave her the payment confirmation details but she said that she had no way of tracking these numbers. I asked how, in that case, could she be sure, as she assured me, that I had only purchased one ticket. She confirmed that she couldn’t. I then asked her to cancel the whole transaction. She said that she couldn’t, since I had signed up online. She could only ensure that no further payments were taken from my account. The whole thing is either highly suspicious or else the worst-run lottery I have ever encountered. Either way, it’s back to Camelot for me, although I fear that my ordeal via Peoples Lottery is not yet over – since until next month I will not know how much has been taken from my account, nor how to get it refunded.

Tony

2014-06-07 at 10:32 am

Hi Linda. The best way to stop money coming out of you bank account is to go to your bank and tell them to stop payment to Postcode Lottery. All so tell them If they try to get the money out. Tell the bank to stop payment.

Gary

2013-11-17 at 4:43 pm

Do you have details of the 0800 number – I don’t want to call any premium rate number as they usually cost a bomb 🙂 Thanks

Kirsty

2013-10-25 at 12:03 pm

I have been playing the postcode lottery for only 10 months and my postcode area sr8 3 has just been drawn for Octobers millions draw and have been contacted by them to advise i am a winner of minimum £1,000 and anything upto £400,000 i will be attending a winner party at a local banqueting suite in a weeka time to find out how much, i for one am pretty happy evebln just to win the grand and will be overjoyed if its more and considering i have on paid £100 for the pleasure im pretty pleased with the winnings 🙂 wish me luck for a biggy!

jennifer

2013-10-20 at 12:47 pm

I thought it was only me thinking how unfair the odds of winning, a lottery is a random number generator and not an area generator. Your postcode acts the same way as if you pick a selection of numbers so why do areas of the country win over 80 per cent of the prizes. The lottery commission state that its a fair and random judging of equal proportion, so why is such a high number of winners coming from scotland and northeast boarders. They cannot tell me that more people play than anywere else in the uk, if so why are people living outside of the postcodes not informed of these statistics, my advice is don’t bother and save your money. I tried it for nearly 2 years before realising were most of the winners come from, even the tv ad are northeast winners talking about ther win. Leave your money in the bank and not there’s.

jon

2013-09-18 at 4:08 pm

Cancelled my account last year fed up seeing nearly all the winners in either Scotland or the north East, Durham, Tyne area and surrounding areas oh yes and Washington uk, just check and see how many times all the winners and the big money winners come from these areas.

N/A

2013-09-04 at 9:28 pm

I think the postcode lottery (especially their instant win games) are a scam! You never win and when you try to cancel your account they don’t let you! They wanted me to reveal all my personal details and then becuase i’d registered with an old mobile number (which I couldn’t remember) they refused to let me cancel?! (Even though I was talking to them, logged in, on my own account!)rubbish! I wouldn’t go near them…

Ray

2013-07-12 at 1:35 pm

Firstly this lottery relates to GB and not to the UK, otherwise I would not bother to enter.What are the odds of winning?There are over 3 million postcodes, not sure how may are entered, cant find this info, I can only assume the draw is based on only the postcodes entered, again they wont state how many. I will give it a go for 2 months, but I am certainly not paying £120 a year to win nothing!

Christine

2014-08-13 at 5:35 pm

Only postcodes for which a ticket has been purchased are entered into the draw. So there is never a ‘rollover’ issue. I think a couple of quid a week is fair enough, because i would be infuriated if my street came up and I wasnt in it! However if it starts to get any dearer may reconsider, seeing as it does seem to be very Scotcentric…and i live in Shropshire! Plus they dont have a mobile app like the National ~Lottery which is dead easy to use.

trista

2014-02-14 at 10:51 pm

I received an email a month or two ago about a postcode lottery drawing from the UK I found it interesting but I have played no games and honestly forgot about this. Then today I received an email from Mrs. Sharon Basil saying I won the lottery, is this a scam?

Richard Scarr

2014-06-16 at 6:58 pm

If you never played then you couldn’t possibly win, could you? You will almost certainly be asked to send them a sum of money first, before they send you your non existent winnings. Don’t let them scam you. Delete their email.

Pam

2013-06-11 at 4:38 pm

I have been playing the Post Code lottery for three months. I canceled my account, because I don’t like direct debit. It is not fare making people set a direct debit. I think this should be a free decision for everyone to play or not to play, not a every month subscription. And if you want to cancel they make you call them. I don’t have a land line, so I used my mobile phone and I was billed £10 for the conversation with them. They don’t give you a reference for cancellation, you can never be sure. It is better to check with your bank. They have an option to call you back, but if it is for cancellation, they don’t do it straight away. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THE POST CODE LOTTERY TO ANYONE.

Julie Allen

2016-05-20 at 11:20 am

Well more fool you….I was lucky to win a share of the 2 million. I won 236,000. Best day ever, don’t cancel the direct debit. I’ve also won a few £10,s as well.

Smiffy

2014-12-02 at 4:39 pm

I’m going to cancel my subscription basically as I can’t afford it really, but there’s no question of me having to call them to cancel, I’ll just stop the direct debit…end of! They have no right to force me to call them so I won’t be doing so!

wendy

2016-03-16 at 8:44 pm

Well done, you do not need their permission to cancel just visit your bank and cancel. If your bank then pays them you can make the bank refund you, but best put it in writing to cancel the d.d so you have proof.